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TTpuckster wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 6:37 pmRIP Neuty.

ChrisK wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 9:16 pm Goldy313, thanks for posting this. Sad news indeed.

I met Don in the mid-2000s when a group of Bored members started meeting and hanging out at the Liffey before, during, and after the Thursday AA State Tourney games. Don was a character! He was kind of the ringleader, though it took him a couple of tourneys to figure out that pacing is mandatory on those long Thursdays. Until about four years ago when my girlfriend started coming to the tourney with me, Don was my seatmate and oftentimes my ride to St.Paul on quarterfinal Thursday. We would have to have a pre-game warm-up bloody Mary and an obligatory conservative v. liberal political discussion, which Don felt should be civil and that we should listen to each other, even though his side was right. Then we'd amble over to the arena and tumble into our seats, usually mid-first period and with a self righteous tsk-tsk from one of our seat neighbors, who Don happened to know.

When my dad died in 2012, the funeral was the day before the start of the tournament. My dad was not a sports fan, but he would take me to high school games in Bemidji and it sparked my love for the game. When I shared that story with Don as we met up on that Thursday, I remember he told me that my dad was being a good dad, doing something he wasn't interested in for his kid, which provided me with some comfort.

So my thoughts go out to Don's family, particularly his son who would drive us to St.Paul and who Don seemed quite proud of. And there's a Thursday coming soon when I'll hold up a Bloody Mary glass in the Liffey and toast to Don (and CNT).

goldy313 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:00 am 20+ years ago.....prior to twitter, Instagram, etc. this was the place to get hockey scores and information. During sections this where the scores came in, literally you had to wait for someone who attended the game to come home and wait for their modem to dial up to the internet then post the score. We were ahead of the AP, in fact the AP would often use our posts.

In 2002 the “old bored” shut down and Mitch and Lee moved to this bored. There are still a few “old bored” members still around....easthockey, goldy313, hockeydad, Ram Hockey, Zamman, citiesspudguy, rocketwrister, ghshockeyfan, greenandwhitefan, ChrisK, sparlimb,etc. but not many of us....we actually predate elliot70 and Karl!

After the start of the “new bored” some members left, largely over politics. Hindsight is 20/20 of course but both sides were strong in my opinion but easthockey did his best to contain politics to a specific thread. People pushed the rules....That lead to a schism and we lost some really good posters to another board. Neut and CNT were among them and why they deserve a mention here. Good guys, good hockey people, and quite frankly guys who made this bored what it is. They have been missed and will be missed.

Someday I look forward to sitting in a row at the tournament with CNT, Neut, Slapshooter, Petey1321, easthockey, elliot70, chrisK, sparlimb, etc and debating high school hockey.